By Isaac Zulu
Political scientist Alex Ng’oma has said that the Public Order Act should not be abolished.
In an interview with Daily Revelation, Dr N’goma said that the Public Order Act needs to be reformed, but should not be abolished or scrapped off in order to maintain public order in society.
“People have been talking about the Public Order Act for a long time and from different angles. I think that every society needs some kind of public order to regulate our behaviour. But it is the content that people need to look at. The Public Order Act must not be abolished or scrapped off. It has to be reformed,” Dr N’goma said. “And people must step forward and provide inputs and say this is what we want.”
But Dr Ng’oma said that Public Order Act should not be applied selectively.
“Secondly, the application of the Public Order Act should be selective by those in charge of applying it. But you can’t live without the Public Order Act,” said Dr N’goma.
Asked if the current administration is applying the Public Order Act selectively, Dr Ng’oma said he was not sure.
“Aah… well at the moment it is difficult to tell. But from the previous regime, the Patriot Front, the UPND tended to think that the application of the Public Order Act was selective. That was very clear. At the moment, I am not sure,” said Dr N’goma.
Meanwhile, Dr Ng’oma has said that the UPND administration should undertake a Constitution review process as a matter of urgency.
“The amendment of the Republican Constitution is very important. There are lacunas in the Constitution. So it is important to undertake a Constitution review in order to attend to the lacunas. This is a matter of urgency, actually. We have to do that very quickly,” said Dr N’goma.
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